Senior Report: Older Americans have more options for home care, but still struggling.The United Health Foundation has released results of a sweeping new study benchmarking the health of older adults. The America's Health Rankings® Senior Report was created in partnership with GAPNA to improve the health of America's seniors.
The data will help advanced practice nurses and other providers deliver quality care.
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New for GAPNA members: MCM EducationGAPNA has partnered with a MCM Education to offer an ongoing series of CNE programs available to GAPNA members. "Diagnosing and Managing Parkinson’s Disease in Older Adults," is the latest program offered.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by both motor and nonmotor symptoms. It is diagnosed based on the presence of two of four motor symptoms including rest tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and gait imbalance...
What’s normal and what’s dementia? Symptoms can tip you off as to whether a patient may be experiencing early dementia signs.
Ask your patients: Do you keep losing your keys, or forgetting names of people you just met? Maybe you can’t remember where you left your wallet more often than you’d care to admit.
Such lapses of memory tend to get people of a certain age to start stressing that they’re experiencing Alzheimer’s or dementia symptoms.
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